hether it’s the music, bats, food, or the University of Texas Longhorns, there’s a reasonwhy 17 million people each year choose Austin as their travel destination of choice –and why thousands more move here each year. In fact, both the Worldwide EmployeeRelocation Council and Primacy Relocation, LLC have consistently ranked Austin, Texas first in surveys ofthe country’s “best large markets for relocating families.”Austin, Texas is the home of both the state capital and 2 million Mexican free-tailed bats that swoop fromunderneath the Congress Avenue Bridge nightly from March until mid-November each year – in additionto the million-plus residents who are proud to call the Austin MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) home. The“Live Music Capital of the World” also offers a funky mix of award-winning restaurants, mouth-wateringbarbeque, tattooed hipsters, a refreshing liberal culture, politics that are always interesting, and innovativehigh tech companies and startups.